Overalls



UNITED ST T-Es;

PATENT OFFICE. I

JAMES H. FITZ, or WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS,

'OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION ,Figure 1 is a front elevation of my im proved overalls, a portion of said figure being broken awayto show the waistband; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the manner of connecting the vest-front to the waistband of the pantaloons. Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

. My invention relates especially to a combination of vest and overalls; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter fully'set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all c011- versant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A A represent the overallslegs, which are of the ordinary form. Said legs are provided with a flyb in the front, the

- upper end of which is closed by the waistbandseam is.

To the front of the waistband k a vestfront 13' is secured, said vest being provided with patch-pockets m in the same manner as the ordinary vest, and with a blind-seamp in the center. The upper portion of the front B is cut away at 'q and is provided on its outer face with a collar 1", representing the vest-collar. low the waistband k forming a loose flap t, which covers the months 12 of the front pockets 'w of the overalls. The flap t gives the device the appearance of a vest separate from vest B around the waist.

pocket 15 is formed on one'of the leg-backs.

The vest-front B is extended beforming part of Letters Patent No. 471,789, dated March 29, 1892.. Application filed January 4, I892. Serial No. 416,948. (No model.)

the pants, The flap t is constructed of af double thickness of cloth, as shown in Fig. 2,

continuing in unbroken line from the vestfront and being folded under to form said flap at m, and secured to the front waistband k (Represented by dotted lines.) By this construction no seam appears across the'vestfront when in use. The back of the legs A is extended above the waistband k and is provided with the ordinary band 10 at its top. Said leg-backs are disconnected from the legfronts at the sides from apoint y to said band,

forminga rear flap g to the overalls. At the edges of the leg-fronts and at the rear edges of the lower part of the vest B flaps h are sewed at f and atlj to the leg-backs. The upper ends of said flaps are provided with button-holes for receiving buttons 71 on the band 10 whereby the flap g may be secured to the Theordinary hip- From the upper edges 16, at opposite sides of the neck opening q of the vest, shoulderstraps 17 are secured. Said straps are designed to pass over the shoulders in the manner of suspenders, their free ends being secured to waistbands k by buttons 18.

Thedevice is adjusted on the person by freeing the side flaps h from the buttons 2' and the shoulder-straps from the band-buttons 18. The rear flap gcan then be readily turned backward and the legs of the wearer inserted in the overalls in the ordinary manner. The vest B is then secured in position by the shoulder-straps and the flaps hclosed.

A coat may be worn over the vest B, the garment presenting the same general appearance as the ordinary pants and vest, avoiding the disadvantages incident to the use of the apron-overalls, which it is desirable to remove when the wearer is not at the work from which the garment is employed as a protection.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- A garment comprising a pair of pantaloons, a vest-front permanently united therewith, said vest-front having a folded flap projecting down over the front waistband of the pantaloons, the inner edge of said folded flap being stitched to said Waistband, the back of connecting the upper part of the vest With the pantaloons being extended above. the the said rear waistband, substantially as defront waistband, side flaps connected to the scribed.

upper side edges of the front of the panta- JAMES H. FITZ. 5 Icons and to the lower side edges of the vest- Witnesses;

front, means for connecting said flaps to the O. M. SHAW,

rear waistband of the pantaloons, and straps K. DURFEE. 

